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artiodactyle

artiodactyle is the archaic spelling of artiodactyl.

Meaning of artiodactyl

Noun

artiodactyl (plural artiodactyls)

  1. Any ungulate mammal with an even number of toes and belonging to the Artiodactyla, including pigs, sheep, deer, cattle, and most grazing animals. In contrast, horses have an odd number of toes and as such are not Artiodactyla, but Perissodactyla.
    • I have been unable to find out if these are linked in some way to the 1945 Budapest hippos, with the possibility this would create of a parallel history of Central Europe seen through the endurance of one brave African artiodactyl family.2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador, published 2014, page 397

Forms of artiodactyle

pluralartiodactyles

Questions about artiodactyle

What is artiodactyle the archaic spelling of?
Artiodactyle is the archaic spelling of artiodactyl.

Words near artiodactyle in the dictionary

  1. artiodactyl
  2. artiodactylan
  3. artiodactylans
  4. artiodactylate
  5. artiodactylates
  6. artiodactyle
  7. artiodactyles
  8. artiodactylid
  9. artiodactylids
  10. artiodactylous
  11. artiodactyls

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